Thursday, March 12, 2009 at 12:20PM Like it or not there IS a resistance mounting in this country and around the world. I can assure you that there are two very opposing parties with a blind or indifferent majority grazing somewhere in the middle. I am all for peacefully protecting the foundations of my country but would never succumb to violence as a means of demanding my voice be heard. In the words of David Icke, “We need to come together in mutual support, love, kindness and empathy. We need to put aside the manufactured fault-lines that divide us - religion, politics, race, culture and income bracket. That is not to say people have to reject their beliefs, just don't let them be weapons of division.” What we have is a divergent (from the constitution) progressively more tyrannical government on one side and countrymen armed with the second amendment on the other. Both sides are locked and loaded with lines drawn. Who, or what, will be the trigger for the looming discharge of violence?
It could be the first rock thrower or a trigger happy redneck. Animosity and anonymity can cause even the most peaceful protests to turn violent. It may come from an isolated incident, such as the Rodney King uprising in Los Angeles. Or maybe it will be another false flag operation by our government. Regardless, when the footage of the rioting and looting enters homes across the nation it will have people anxiously reaching for their guns. The irrational, scared, unemployed, and under prepared will likely overreact, causing widespread panic. The gun to food ratio will exploit the inherent survival instinct of man furthering the catastrophe with appalling acts of violence.
I do not mean to bring gloom and doom or instill fear in anyone’s heart. I hope to promote preparedness. Being prepared can never be a bad thing, even if upheaval never takes place and I hope it never will. I understand that nearly every generation has thought they were living in the end times. However, unlike any of those times, the prophecies have been fulfilled and the remaining are for the first time possible. I could elaborate but there is plenty of literature on this topic out there already. Also, I do not believe in the notion of a pre-tribulation rapture and feel the term “rapture” is dangerously misleading at best. God historically delivered man through, not out of the fire. Matthew 24: 36-44 36"No one knows about that day or hour, not even the angels in heaven, nor the Son, but only the Father. 37As it was in the days of Noah, so it will be at the coming of the Son of Man. 38For in the days before the flood, people were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, up to the day Noah entered the ark; 39and they knew nothing about what would happen until the flood came and took them all away. That is how it will be at the coming of the Son of Man. 40Two men will be in the field; one will be taken and the other left. 41Two women will be grinding with a hand mill; one will be taken and the other left.
42"Therefore keep watch, because you do not know on what day your Lord will come. 43But understand this: If the owner of the house had known at what time of night the thief was coming, he would have kept watch and would not have let his house be broken into. 44So you also must be ready, because the Son of Man will come at an hour when you do not expect him. (Emphasis added) If depths of despair described in this passage do take place, then what does it say we are to do?
16…flee to the mountains. 17Let no one on the roof of his house go down to take anything out of the house. 18Let no one in the field go back to get his cloak. 19How dreadful it will be in those days for pregnant women and nursing mothers! 20Pray that your flight will not take place in winter or on the Sabbath. 21For then there will be great distress, unequaled from the beginning of the world until now—and never to be equaled again. 22If those days had not been cut short, no one would survive, but for the sake of the elect those days will be shortened. 23At that time if anyone says to you, 'Look, here is the Christ!' or, 'There he is!' do not believe it. 24For false Christs and false prophets will appear and perform great signs and miracles to deceive even the elect—if that were possible. 25See, I have told you ahead of time. Great signs and miracles that are deceitful will have to come from the use of secretly advanced technology held from the public’s eye to appear great and miraculous. Secret societies, defacto-top secret, have always withheld knowledge knowing it would empower the people. They will not deceive the elect (watchful) who know what to expect.
America is never mentioned in Bible prophecy and I believe this is because the U.S. is going to lose the title of “superpower” before the worst of these times. Do not ignore the message or dwell negatively on it. Instead put the energy building from uneasy thoughts into productive work towards preparation. You’ll find extraordinary peace from quietly studying and preparing yourself for what is to come. Visit my links page to find valuable sources of information under the sustainable living category. I recommend that at a minimum precaution people have enough fuel on hand to get where they need to go and backpacks loaded with a tent, sleeping bag, food, fire starter, and a water purifier. I caution travel on the roads but this will have to be a judgment call per individual. I have the MSR Sweet Water purifier; it costs around $80 new. With it I have pumped hundreds of gallons of clean water and having clean water is the most essential for survival. Food is everywhere! I do not believe in starvation. Cows did not get so big and fat from eating McDonalds, they got that way from eating grass. If they can eat it so can we. God bless.